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Add to playlist: Merseyside rapper EsDeeKid and the week’s best new tracks
With a magnificent scouse accent and entertainingly debauched lyrics, EsDeeKid is blowing up fast – plus check out new music from Fiona Apple and more
EsDeeKid and Rico Ace also link on Phantom as well as a couple of 2024 tracks: Palaces is a kind of drill/G-funk hybrid with more distinctive pronunciation (cameras is “camelers”) and a taunting sing-song hook, while Bally is as hyperstimulated as walking through a seaside arcade. Verraco – Basic Maneuvers After monster releases on Voam and Timedance full of vrooming noise and squirrelly detail, the Colombian producer steps up to XL with a delirious ’ardcore track that’ll throw your sense of balance. Gina Birch – Causing Trouble Again “It’s not a game, it’s my life,” the Raincoats guitarist sings on this no-wave protest song, climaxing in a cacophonous girl group-style chorus and a recitation of pop’s greatest female troublemakers.
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